Mark Stencelhttp://upr.org
enRetell Politics: Story About Obama's Mother Gets Another Lookhttp://upr.org/post/retell-politics-story-about-obamas-mother-gets-another-look
Were last night's convention references to Barack Obama's mother and her struggles with an insurance company before her death a powerful argument for health care reform? Or were they a well-worn misrepresentation of history?<p>The answer appears to be in the wording.<p>The story came up twice — in Vice President Joe Biden's speech and in a seven-minute video preceding President Obama's address.Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:48:00 +0000Mark Stencel13180 at http://upr.orgMars Rover Pulls Off High-Wire Landinghttp://upr.org/post/live-now-mars-rovers-high-wire-landing
The best place to stand in the entire solar system at 1:14 a.m. ET Monday was about 150 million miles away, at the bottom of Gale Crater near the equator of the Red Planet.<p>Looking west around mid-afternoon local time, a Martian bystander would have seen a rocket-powered alien spacecraft approach and then hover about 60 feet over the rock-strewn plain between the crater walls and the towering slopes of nearby Mount Sharp.<p>A gangly vehicle, about the size of a small car on Earth, descended from the spacecraft on nylon cords amid blowing crimson dust.Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:02:00 +0000Mark Stencel11372 at http://upr.orgMars Rover Pulls Off High-Wire Landing